Taking in Alberta's enormous cattle ranches and hector upon hector of cornfields, it's hard for me to grasp how richly the area is soaked in history. In fact, it never dawned on me at all when I first moved back here in 2003. (I was born in … [Read more...]
Blog Crawl Monday: Part 7
March 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
It's another week, and another Blog Crawl. I love Mondays. I hope my readers love Mondays as well. This week I decided to start my crawl on a blog I've been reading and watching for a while, Hop and Jaunt. If you've never visited Alyson and John's … [Read more...]
Illegally Leaving London
March 25, 2010 By 10 Comments
After 2 sparkling days in Paris, London left me slightly disappointed. I was staying at St. Christopher's in Camden Town- which wasn't bad, but the neighbourhood was dirty. In fact I felt like I needed a HAZMAT suite as I slide into a phone booth to … [Read more...]
The Calgary Verve: Inglewood
March 24, 2010 By 6 Comments
Driving east on 9th Ave, past Fort Calgary, you'll come to an old steel bridge with the word Inglewood overhead. Crossing the bridge is like leaving the big bad city and driving into small town Canada. It's weird and cool all at once. Inglewood is … [Read more...]
Blog Crawl Monday: Part 6
March 22, 2010 By 5 Comments
My apologies for not posting Blog Crawl Monday last week. There are weeks when work becomes so involved, that blogging suffers a little. However I'm back this week!When I first started my blog crawling, I would crawl most of the day and list … [Read more...]
How to Find a Neighbourhood Pub
March 19, 2010 By 6 Comments
Everyone loves to find a place "Where Everybody Knows Your Name". It gives you warm fuzzies when you walk in the door and the staff greets you by name with a friendly smile. It's like coming home after a long trip. However finding said bar/pub can … [Read more...]
A No Social Life Plan before RTW Trip = FAIL!!
March 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
You may remember my post a couple weeks ago entitled Day One of No-Social-Life-In-Order-To-Save-Money-To-Travel-In-August has begun, where I explain my theory about having no social life in order to save money for travel. Until yesterday it's been … [Read more...]
